Wire fence



Patented May 30, I899.

B. D. MORGAN.

WIRE FENCE.

(Application filed Nov. 5, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN D. MORGAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,936, dated May 30,1899.

Application filed November 5,1898. Serial No. 695,641. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN D. MORGAN, of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga,and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fence wire fastenings moreespecially designed for fastening or clamping together two crossingwires at their intersection.

The object of this invention is to more effectually hold the crossingwires in their relative positions and prevent their displacementindependently of each other in any direction.

WVith this object in view and to the end of rendering the fasteningsimple, durable, and convenient the invention consists in certainfeatures of construction and combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures I and II are views of oppositesides, respectively, of crossing portions of two crossing fence-wiresand my improved fastening or look for securing the said wires togetherat their intersection. Fig. III is a left-hand side elevation relativeto Fig. II. Fig. IV is a right-hand side elevation relative to Fig. II.Fig. V is a central vertical section on line V V, Fig. II, looking inthe direction of the arrow. Fig. VI is a top plan relative to Fig. II.Fig. VII is a top'plan in horizontal section on line VII VII, Fig. II.

Referring to the drawings, a and b designate two crossing wires of afence, and 6 rep- .resents the fastening employed in securing togetherthe said wires at their intersection. In the case illustrated (trepresents a vertical wire, and b a horizontal wire. The two wires a andb are, in the main, arranged in the same vertical plane, but at theirintersection are somewhat bent laterally and out of the said plane inopposite directions, respectively.

a designates the lateral bend in the Vertical wire, and b represents thelateral bend in the horizontal wire. The bends a and bhug each otherclosely at their opposing sides. My improved construction involves,also, a wire-fastening plate 6, that is composed, preferably, of sheetmetal. The said plate at its central portion is bent as required to forma half-sleeve e, that is bent to conform to the bend b in the horizontalwire and snugly embraces the outer or convex side and extends from endto end of the said bend. Plate 6 at its central portion extends upwardlyand downwardly from the half-sleeve or semitubular member 6, so as toform the ears e and e at the upper side and lower side, respec* tively,of member 6. The vertical wire or extends through the perforations e inthe ears, and each ear e has its outer end e snugly embracing the saidwire adjacent to the convex side of the bend in the wire, so that thewire-fastening plate has two members snugly embracing the wire a atopposite ends, respectively, of the convex side of the wires bend a. Itwill be observed, therefore, that both wires a and b are effectuallyprevented from displacement independently of each other in anydirection.

What I claim is The combination with two crossing fencewires a and I),having the bends a and b; of the wire-fastening plate having thehalf-sleeve e; the ears e e perforated as at a and the wire-embracingportions e formed at the outer ends of the said ears.

Signed by me, at Cleveland, Ohio, this 24th day of October, 1898.

REUBEN D. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

A. H. PARRAT'I, O. H. Donna.

